New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17
PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN WORKER&

REPRESENTATIVE MEN TO TREAT VARIOUS RELIC
IoUs AND PHILANrHRoPIc TOPICS.
Much interest Il manifested by those engaged In
the work OF city cvangelzation In the International
Convention or conference for the development ana
announcement Of practical Christian work." which
Will DO held In this city for eight days beginning
sepfmbeu 81. There will be three sessions each day
at tho Broadway Tabernacle. The convention Is
under tho direction OF the Committee for Christian
workers In the United states and Canada, who were
appointed at similar assembly In Chicago In June,
1856. The Chicago convention was the first Official
athcrlng Of such workers In this country, and a. a
result of a committee OF seven was appointed VINO
should be in certain sense the representatives OF
such workers In this country and In Canada with
power to do any wise and judicous missionary work
AMONG our homo heathcn," and to arrange for a
.mllar convention In 1887. Tho committee VINO
were then appointed and who now have charge OF the
convention are dhc lev. H. A. TORY, chairman oi
the CITY Missionary Society OF Minneapolis: the Rev
Of the gospel Union OF New Haven; tho Row S SIP p
Holcombc, OF tho Union Gospel Mission OF Louisville:
colonel George II. Clarke Of the Pacific Garden
Mission Chicago; Major H. Cole OF Adrisn' Mich
of this city and Mayor W Ii. Rowland, OF the
Toronto Mission Union, Toronto. -, ,..,o,
workers In cities and towns, evangellsts, superln
tcndons and workers In city GENERALIZATION agcncio
aro,. Christian temperance workers. pastors Oh
churches Christian business men anu others ehgago
or
uneVangolizcd classes who are not reache. ny Tue
ordinary work OF the cborch The Object Oh the con-
venton - better acquaintance OF sucn w0rcts Win
one another and with tholr various metnols OF WIN
aud make plans for the more thorough and earnrss
prosecution Of such lines OF work. Tho work OF tho
convention will consist Of reports OF work that IL
being done By the various mission workers. ana by
discussions 10 practical methods OF WORK hs'cs
brof adj aesscs from IN delegates 30 As 70 opain inc
views OF all present, AMI consider each subject IN
all possible lights 1t IL specially desired 20 develop
certain lines OF work. snch as work among street ooys;
other places where thorough work Is not now being
The programme for the convention is not fully
comrlcteI hut number OF speakers have been
secured The Rev. Pr A. T. Pierson, pastor OF inc
iDrthany Church o; PHILADELPHIA will speak on Inc
idol church fof the Iroplc " Double inc uS,,i
time viii he devoef to 'his subject inc ICY. ~
A. r. SchauI,cr OF the Now-York city Mission Society,
Who ms siytv or seventy students from the Union
Tbro oelcal Seminary under his direction. fpehulng
a number OF hours each week In nilsson WORK, VIII
minis'rv in practical mission work Tho Rev. pr. .
m D~nison. pastor OF the Williams College ohurc,
aud son-In-iaw ~ cvnrrsdrnt Mark Hopkins, VIII rrao
papor on .NiniseraI training. defects AMI rcmce1c
get it- MAYOR w. II. Rowland, of Toron0, VIII ore,
q discussion upon emission work among Children.
and tho Pew DR. Rear, Of the American mis9ohu /,
society win open discussion uron the NC ME- !,
Among the odbcr srr,hers viii he the Rcv. Josiah
'st,nne. ~" ~r-cri s"crF'ar' on inc pnn.co
,nco of tho United states the Few o. ~ Pent"co.'
thc rev d. A. Tcc'. and the committee ron" wy
secure tho pcv sam Jones AMI Mr; Moodv ,p,
addresses. corre ~ the adf,fionaI SUBJECTS Whc
nrisoncrs nsc ~ tncts." "rrson WORK anl'ne
ut,rcr.- "chuSsavinc worn or chfdr"n's rNnr1nn
forlcsr GLOW ~ ret and train workers" AMI Rescue
OF fallen women"